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Descartes on God's relation to time.

An essay is presented that discusses the metaphysical principles in regard to God and time of the philosopher René Descartes. The article describes how Descartes posited that God's relation to time was fully temporal in the sense of successive parts moving in mathematical precision. The author argue...

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Published in:Religious Studies Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 413 - 432
Main Author: GORHAM, GEOFFREY
Format: Essay
Published: Cambridge University Press Dec2008
Subjects:
Time & Christianity
Descartes, René, 1596-1650
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Spacetime
Metaphysics
Essays
Religion
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Summary:An essay is presented that discusses the metaphysical principles in regard to God and time of the philosopher René Descartes. The article describes how Descartes posited that God's relation to time was fully temporal in the sense of successive parts moving in mathematical precision. The author argues that Descartes, like the physicist Isaac Newton, freed time from its characteristic dependence on bodily motion.